Along the coasts of mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar, communities depend on coastal and marine ecosystems for their livelihoods. About 80% of households in rural Zanzibar earn their living from fishing, growing seaweed, collecting resources from forests, and small-scale farming. However, over the last 30 years, demographic pressures and unsustainable use...

The Food Systems Countdown Initiative aims to monitor the state of food systems transformation through relevant data, independent of any established monitoring processes.Such monitoring can help align decision makers around key priorities, incentivize action, hold stakeholders accountable, sustain commitment by demonstrating progress, and enable course corrections.The Initiative is producing annual...

The digital agriculture revolution over the past 25 years has generated a tidal wave of data. The promise of more precise information leading to more efficient food production has been achieved in some areas, but access to technology and information, and the capacity to use it to improve wellbeing, remains strongly...

La presente experiencia es parte de una serie documentada, en el marco de un ciclo de conversatorios denominados “Gestión climática y resiliente de los ecosistemas agrícolas” organizados por la Comunidad de práctica de suelos en América Latina y el Caribe. Esta experiencia describe los aprendizajes, desafíos y resultados alcanzados desde...

In Ghana, women face challenges such as poverty, illiteracy, restricted legal rights, and entrenched gender roles, impeding their empowerment. Despite these barriers, they exhibit remarkable resilience, often through active engagement in community development initiatives. Previous studies highlight the importance of collective solidarity and intergenerational support in fostering resilience among Ghanaian...

Due to complex interactions, changes in any one area of food systems are likely to impact—and possibly depend on—changes in other areas. Here we present the first annual monitoring update of the indicator framework proposed by the Food Systems Countdown Initiative, with new qualitative analysis elucidating interactions across indicators. Since...

La presente experiencia es parte de una serie documentada, en el marco de un ciclo de conversatorios denominados “Gestión climática y resiliente de los ecosistemas agrícolas” organizados por la Comunidad de práctica de suelos en América Latina y el Caribe. En esta experiencia se destaca el potencial de la incorporación...

Undernutrition and low dietary quality remain widespread issues in Africa. As most rural households in the region are involved in farming, the diversification of own farm production could improve their access to nutritious foods. Here we use representative panel data from six African countries to estimate this effect across different...

Small-scale fisheries account for almost 90 % of global fisheries employment and are responsible for landing >40 % of the world's fish catch. Yet their importance to livelihoods and food and nutrition security in Least Developed Countries are only recently emerging due to the logistical, financial, and capacity challenges of...

La presente experiencia es parte de una serie documentada, en el marco de un ciclo de conversatorios denominados “Hacia una transformación agroecológica” organizados por la Comunidad de práctica de agricultura familiar y agroecología. Esta experiencia da cuenta de la transmisión de prácticas y saberes territoriales entre generaciones de agricultores en...

The Upper West Region of Ghana experiences flooding and prolonged dry spells every year, which contributes to declining agriculture productivity. Climate change is not only reshaping ecosystems and economies but also transforming gender roles and power relations within rural communities. The ongoing persistent changes influence how women in particular gain...

he CGIAR initiative on Nature-Positive Solutions (NATURE+), in collaboration with BAIF Development Research Foundation and other key stakeholders in India’s circular economy sector, established a Circular Bioeconomy Innovation Hub (CBE-IH) in India. One year since its inception, the hub organized field demonstrations, piloted business models and hosted a range of...

The world’s food systems are failing. Over 735 million people go hungry, and 3.1 billion can’t afford a healthy diet. Every year, one-third of global food production is lost or wasted, while millions starve. Yet, the single most powerful solution remains overlooked: the ocean. Fisheries and aquaculture sustain over 800 million people...

Though poverty appears feminised in sub-Saharan Africa, rural women are more susceptible to poverty and suppression compared to women in urban areas. State care policies are not sufficient to ameliorate the conditions vulnerable women are confronted with; occasioned by intersectionalities with gender. It is against this backdrop that this study...

In the heart of Guatemala’s Antigua coffee growing region, a group of determined women are cultivating more than just coffee, they’re collectively cultivating a change in the coffee industry. The Women Caficultora Network is not only a group of coffee producers, but a group of women that showcase powerful movements...

One way of combating deforestation effectively is to define priority zones seen as being at particular risk. The difficult part is identifying those zones. Tropical countries have recently been given access to a new free, open-access plugin that serves to map the risks on a national or local level. The...

This document is addressed to communities and their partners, and features eight main key lessons learned that emerge from the implementation of community-based monitoring in the context of wildlife management and biodiversity conservation, across 15 countries in Africa, the Guyana Shield and the Pacific Region in which the Sustainable Wildlife...

The intrinsic and instrumental value of gender equality and women’s empowerment isrecognized by Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5. Evidence on positive changes towomen’s empowerment in agriculture and livestock interventions is expanding but isstill relatively limited. Portfolios of projects focused on women’s empowerment throughagriculture and livestock interventions can provide key insights...

South Asia's Eastern Indo-Gangetic Plain (EIGP) of India, Nepal, and Bangladesh is home to approximately 450 million people and predominantly rely on agriculture for livelihood. Agriculture is highly cereal-centric in EIGP. Increasing crop diversification within the EIGP region could improve agricultural sustainability, but knowledge of the spatiotemporal patterns of crop...

Socially and culturally constructed gender norms are widely recognized as a major obstacle for women and other underrepresented groups in achieving social and economic empowerment and participating in political processes. The pressures of domestic and caregiving responsibilities, along with restrictive norms that suppress the voices, agency, mobility, and earning potential...